Biographical entry Hoskin, Ernest Sydney (1914 - 2009)

Summary

Ernest Sydney Hoskin set up the 'Keith Hindwood Memorial Bird Recording Service' after Hindwood's death in 1971. As manager, his role was to keep Hindwood's field records up to date.

Details

Born North Sydney, 27 December 1914. AO June 1999 for ornithology of the Sydney region. Associated with the building trade. Art adviser for Birds (Gould League Bird Watchers' Club) 1966-70. After Keith Hindwood's death, set up the 'Keith Hindwood Memorial Bird Recording Service', in which he worked as manager, keeping Hindwood's field records up to date and in 1991 producing an updated version of The Birds of Sydney, County of Cumberland, New South Wales, 1770-1989.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hoskin, Ernest S., 'Hindwood, Keith Alfred (1904-1971), Ornithologist and Businessman', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 455-456. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140523b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hoskin, E S', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565331. Details

See also

• Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2001, 492 pp. Details